Eley Eley

When I first did “Pabo Bole”, I told myself that someday I would do a Thamizh version of the same. But I had always been a bit apprehensive about doing it because that song was my first attempt with another singer (technically second) and Ron, the singer, did more justice than what I had imagined […]

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Maampazham

What started off as joke among my family members has now resulted in this fun song. I started imagining how all of us would react if a family member decides to contest in an election. That led to me creating a funny campaign poster. So the next logical thing to do is to have a […]

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Naetru (Hacker Chords)

Just completed another random piece. As usual started off with a totally different idea and ended up with this. My original idea was an instrumental with an oriental theme. And then I shifted to another idea with some guitar melody..Then I added some humming..Then came the chords..Then came the words..Then came the idea of making […]

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Afro Neram

Hit a stagnant period of sorts – musically speaking. Several half-hearted attempts and several rounds of disappointment later, I decided I would spend an early morning in the studio. I think that helped – at least as far as completing this piece goes. This Sunday morning – In about 90 minutes I had this African […]

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Anti-Corruption Anthem

Thanks to Anna Hazare, this friend of mine (Srini) wanted to write a song to inspire others to take up the cause of anti corruption. Or at least make them think. And it so happened that a couple of other friends decided to meet us over the weekend. One thing led to the other and […]

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Saturnity

I am glad that the last couple of days were well spent in my studio. This is a piece I started working on a couple of weeks ago (On a Saturday morning  - hence the name). Coincidentally I got to finish it on a Saturday again. The piece is based on Raag Hindholam (Carnatic).

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The new year..

…started off with this bit that I did for a video greeting I put together…and because this video involved my son (6.5 yr old), I had to do something for my niece (4 yr old) who is visiting us. Even though the first bit may not be appreciated much till you see the video, the […]

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Release

It is not so much of me spending more time in my studio these days as of me spending more quality time with a more complete creative mind in my studio these days. Which should explain why I am already sharing one more composition here. The piece is called “Release” – I contemplated if I […]

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